Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Imperial Guard - Apocalypse at Feast of Blades 2013

Massive picture dump today! My buddy Dave and I attended Feast of Blades this past Saturday and threw down the glorious 7th in a massive apocalypse battle that raged all day. At any given time there was about 12-15,000 points on a side, with players coming and going throughout the day. Overall the Mordian 7th was hopelessly outclassed and they were blown off the table quickly and brutally. We were allowed a sort of 'meatgrinder reserves' and as such the overall attrition rate of the army hovered somewhere around 300% with units coming on in one turn and being annihilated in the next, only to repeat the following turn! Here's some shots of the chaos from the event:










































































Phew! That's a lot of pics! All in all a fun time even though the guard were butchered to a man (several times over). While it was amusing to plonk all of the guard down on the table, it was rather obvious that it's not a viable Apocalypse army. Good times nonetheless!

6 comments:

  1. Awesome! That's more boots on the ground than many a game of epic!

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  2. Now that is bloody impressive, love it. Would love to play a game like this, seems like damn good fun.

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  3. Love seeing these, would never play one though. At this scale.... just too much. :)

    Did that Warlord even move from that spot at all during the game?

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  4. Defeated or not, that's an epic game! Sounds like a lot of fun.

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  5. @Phil Morris: It was definitely fun to bring out the whole regiment!

    @Headologist: Good times were had (even though the guard got butchered), not something I'd want to do all the time, but definitely fun as a one-off!

    @Dai: After a couple hours, it did start to lose its lustre, but it definitely was a spectacle to behold. The Warlord didn't move at all while we were there, but with its absurd ranges, it didn't really need to! :)

    @Colonel Scipio: Aye, it was a classic case of "we just have to hold on long enough for the Space Marines to arrive and take all the credit!" Hah!

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  6. Really good to get Your teeth into an Epic sized Battle- win or be defeated it does not matter - just to be involved in the Apocalypse is reward enough. Great Post. Regards. KEV.

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